Very nice of you to keep up Molly.I try to keep up and try to make a donation to the families of the officers who don't make it. They definitely don't take the job for the pay. Most officers do take second jobs. Otherwise they can't make it.I don't know how they do it. Very very special people indeed. All of them.God Bless them, and you too Molly.

Thanks for the link Showpoodles.I saw it yesterday but only the video from the guy up in the apartments yelling at him to "let him go"... that didn't show all what happened. I couldn't understand why the guy wasn't tased first.

BUT after seeing this, looks like the guy was running towards the cop with the gun after he let go of the other cop's legs. These police have to make split-second decisions. Yeah, there will be all kinds of talk about "he shouldn't have died".. which is true, he should be alive. But HE made the choices and that's why he is dead.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana private investigator pleaded guilty on Monday to misusing Donald Trump’s Social Security number in repeated attempts to access the president’s federal tax information before his election last year.

Jordan Hamlett, 32, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine following his guilty plea in federal court.

Authorities have said Hamlett failed in his attempts to get Trump’s tax information through a U.S. Department of Education financial aid website.

Trump has refused to release his tax returns, bucking an American tradition honored by every president since Jimmy Carter.

A court document accompanying Hamlett’s plea agreement says he used Trump’s Social Security number and other personal information to open an online application for federal student aid on Sept. 13, 2016. After obtaining a username and password, he tried to use an Internal Revenue Service data retrieval tool to obtain Trump’s tax information, the document says.

“The defendant made six separate attempts to obtain the federal tax information from IRS servers, but he was unsuccessful,” says the document. It doesn’t specify how much of Trump’s tax information could have been retrieved with the online tool.

Hi Showpoodles! There's not much more to the case (new) from what I see.He was indicted in November 16, 2016. His trial was suppose to start this week... the judge assigned to the case died over the weekend. Sentencing has not been scheduled yet, new judge needs to read up on the evidence/case.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday [12/12/2017] that the FBI would“probably” be able to act on Baltimore’s request for that agency to take over the investigation of a police detective killed in West Baltimore last month.

NOW:

FBI rejects Baltimore police request it take over investigation of Det. Sean Suiter’s death By Kevin Rector | The Baltimore Sun | January 27, 2017

The FBI has rejected calls for it to take over the investigation into the fatal shooting of a Baltimore homicide detective who was set to testify in a federal police corruption case last month, saying it has no evidence to suggest Det. Sean Suiter’s death was “directly connected” to the corruption probe or any other federal case.

“For this reason, we believe it prudent for your office to continue as the lead in this investigation, with our current commitment to assist and support you fully, including providing FBI analytical, forensic, and investigative support,” FBI Assistant Director Stephen E. Richardson wrote to Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis in an undated letter reviewed by The Baltimore Sun.

[...]Suiter was shot in the head with his own gun in a vacant lot in broad daylight in the notoriously violent 900 block of Bennett Place in the Harlem Park neighborhood of West Baltimore while investigating a triple homicide there from 2016. Police quickly put out a description of a suspect in a black coat with a white stripe, and described a brief but violent attack on the 18-year veteran officer and married father of five. They moved into the neighborhood in huge numbers, and subjected residents to investigative stops in far greater numbers than is normal following a city killing — sparking some complaints, including from the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.

The month-old case has been the subject of significant public doubts, as police have made little investigative progress despite a massive $215,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

A snowflake is suing David Clarke for calling him a snowflake. It doesn't get more silly than this. BUT, I don't blame Clarke being suspicious of the guy, I remember reading how many death threats (a day) he got when he was on the campaign trail with Trump.

MILWAUKEE — A federal judge Friday dismissed most of a civil-rights lawsuit against former Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. over an incident at Milwaukee's airport last year.

But a claim that Clarke retaliated on Facebook for Daniel Black's exercise of his First Amendment right to shake his head at Clarke survives, and is now set for trial Jan. 22.

Black and Clarke were on the same flight Jan. 15, 2017, from Dallas to Milwaukee. Black saw Clarke wearing Dallas Cowboys gear and asked if he were David Clarke. Clarke said he was, and Black shook his head and walked away to his seat in coach.

When the plane landed in Milwaukee, Black was greeted by six sheriff's deputies. Clarke directed them to take Black aside and question him. They then escorted him from the airport.

Black later posted on social media about the incident and filed a complaint with the county. Clarke responded on social media by calling Black a "Snowflake."

The next month, Black sued Clarke and the six deputies, claiming violations of his Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable seizure, retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights by having him stopped at the airport and the subsequent mockery on Facebook, and his due process rights under the 14th Amendment. The suit also sought to have the county held liable for Clarke's actions.

In Friday's 27-page order, U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller granted summary judgment to Clarke on the Fourth and one of the First amendment claims, dismissed the 14th Amendment claim as "completely without merit" and dismissed the claim against the county and the six deputies, all originally identified as John Doe.

A manhunt is underway in Washington state after a sheriff's deputy was shot and killed while responding to a 911 call late-Sunday night, authorities said.

Pierce County Deputy Daniel McCartney was shot just after 11:30 p.m. while responding to a call reporting a home intruder, a sheriff's office official said. In the 911 call, "dispatchers could hear screaming and a scuffle taking place," the sheriff's office said.

McCartney, the first deputy to arrive, became involved in a foot chase with a suspect, "during which shots were fired and the deputy was struck," the sheriff's office said. He was taken to a hospital in Tacoma and died, the sheriff's office said.

Two suspects were involved, one of whom was also shot and died at the scene, the sheriff's office said.

The second suspect is unidentified and on the run, a sheriff's office official said, stressing he should be considered armed and dangerous.

McCartney, 34, was a married Navy veteran with three sons, a sheriff's office official said. He had been with the sheriff's office for four years, Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said.

Detective Michael R. Doty, one of the four shot in the line of duty trying to find a domestic violence suspect, died Wednesday, according to the York County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina. CBS affiliate WBTV reports that the officer-involved shooting took place late Monday night in response to a domestic violence-related incident just outside the city of York.

The news of Doty's death, a 12-year veteran of the force, was announced on the sheriff's Twitter feed Wednesday:

WBTV reports the suspect, identified as Christian Thomas McCall, 47, apparently ran on foot around 10 p.m. Monday from the home before authorities arrived sparking an intense three-hour manhunt. He was wanted for allegedly assaulting his wife, authorities said. K-9 officers were called in at the time to help track down the man.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday, deputies say McCall "fired shots" and ambushed a SWAT team looking for him. K-9 handler Sgt. Randy Clinton, a 34-year veteran, was hit in the leg. Two other officers, Sgt. Buddy Brown and Sgt. Kyle Cummings, were shot. They are expected to survive.[...]According to the York County Solicitor, McCall is being charged with three counts of attempted murder for the shootings of Sgt. Clinton, Sgt. Brown, and Sgt. Cummings. He will also be charged with possession and use of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime and first-degree domestic violence.

The solicitor told WBTV earlier it was too soon to file charges in connection with Det. Doty's shooting.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The U.S. Marshals Service has identified a deputy marshal who was shot and killed while serving a warrant on a fugitive in Harrisburg early Thursday.

Christopher D. Hill, 45, was an 11-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service assigned to the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He was part of a Marshals Service task force executing a warrant for the arrest of Shayla Lynette Towles Pierce, who was wanted by Harrisburg police on a terroristic threat charge, the agency said in a news release.

“While executing the warrant, the team was fired upon by a male subject in the residence with Pierce. Deputy Hill and two local task force officers were struck by gunfire during the assault,” the news release states.

Hill was transported to UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg hospital where he died. The other officers were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

The man who fired on the officers was killed when officers returned fire. His name was not immediately released.

“We are all extremely saddened by the tragic death of our brother, Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher Hill, this morning in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was a devoted public servant who dedicated his life to making his community and this nation safer. We will never forget his commitment and courage,” David J. Anderson, Acting Deputy Director of the U.S. Marshals Service, said in the news release. “The nation lost a hero today.”The agency said Hill joined the Marshals Service in 2006 in Washington, D.C. and transferred to Harrisburg in 2009. He also served with the agency’s Special Operations Group. He was an Army veteran who served from 1993-96. He is survived by his wife and two children.

The injured officers have not been identified. Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse said one is a Harrisburg police officer who was part of the task force. He said the officer “bravely returned fire and critically injured the gunman.”

More at link: abc27.com/2018/01/18/da-multiple-police-officers-transported-to-hospital-after-shooting/

Two students were killed and more than a dozen people were wounded Tuesday when a 15-year-old armed with a handgun opened fire inside a Kentucky high school, the authorities said.

Terrified students ditched their backpacks and scrambled to get away, and within minutes of the shots being fired, sheriff's deputies were at Marshall County High School in Benton and had disarmed the student and taken him into custody, officials said.

But it was too late to save a 15-year-old female student who died at the scene. A 15-year-old boy died later at a trauma center, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin said. [...]Fourteen of the 19 people who were treated for injuries were shot, Bevin said.

Five of them — all boys aged 15 to 18 — were flown to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, a hospital official said.

That is where the 15-year-old died, the official said. The other four victims were expected to survive.

THORNTON, Colo. – An Adams County deputy who was shot and killed in Thornton Wednesday evening has been identified by the Colorado Police Foundation, a nonprofit organization raising money for the family of the slain deputy.

The foundation identified the deputy as 32-year-old Heath Gumm, but the Adams County Sheriff's Office would not confirm the deputy's identity to Denver7.

The Adams County Sheriff's Office said that although a suspect had been taken into custody Wednesday evening, a manhunt was still underway for either two light-skinned black males or two dark-skinned Hispanic males dressed in all-black clothing, both wanted in connection with this deadly shooting.

The sheriff's office was responding to an assault in progress at around 7 p.m. when one of the deputies spotted a man matching the description for one of the suspects. The suspect then ran from deputies, leading them behind a house in that area. When deputies caught up to the man, the suspect pulled out a handgun and started firing at deputies, striking one of them in the chest. The suspect took off but was later found and taken into custody, according to a sheriff's office spokeswoman, who relayed the information during a late Wednesday evening press briefing.

The injured deputy was taken to Denver Health, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

A Detroit police officer has been critically injured after being shot in the head while responding to a barricaded gunman Wednesday night, police said.

Officers received a call about 10:30 p.m. from someone they believe to be the suspect indicating “he had just assaulted his wife” at a home in the 5500 block of McDougall, First Assistant Police Chief LaShinda Stair said.

Police also received another call from a female, possibly a daughter, suggesting the 43-year-old man was armed and appeared to have had a mental breakdown, Deputy Chief Elvin Barren told reporters.

As scout cars pulled up to the residence, they spotted a man outside who appeared to have a weapon and “took a stance whereby he was ready to fire a shot,” Stair said.

Soon after hearing gunfire, an officer driving one of the patrol cars noticed his partner in the passenger seat had been hurt, she told reporters. That driver alerted other officers then rushed his colleague to Detroit Receiving Hospital.

The wounded officer underwent surgery and was listed in critical condition early Thursday.

Police officials described him as a man in his 20s who joined the force nearly two years ago and has a nine-month-old child.

MELCROFT, Pa. — A man opened fire and killed four people at a car wash early Sunday morning in Pennsylvania, while another woman suffered only minor injuries after she hid in the back seat of a truck during the shooting, state police said.

Police said suspected shooter Tim Smith was on life support at a hospital after the shooting at Ed's Car Wash around 3 a.m. in the Melcroft community of Saltlick Township, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Pittsburgh.

Police earlier said that a fifth person was pronounced dead at a hospital, but they announced at a late afternoon news conference that the shooter remained on life support.

The survivor was not shot and suffered only minor injuries, they said.

Police said they were not able to speak with Smith at the hospital and they did not say whether Smith knew the victims. Family members of the victims told WPXI-TV that the shooting was the result of a domestic dispute. They claim the shooter was a man who used to date one of the victims.

What little info coming out of China ... "they" are saying the driver is a 40 y/o resident who was smoking and lost control of his van when a fire started. I'm thinking we won't ever know if it was a terror attack.

SHANGHAI -- A minivan carrying gas tanks plowed into pedestrians near a prominent park in downtown Shanghai Friday, injuring 18 people, local authorities reported. Shanghai police said the crash was caused by a 40-year old man surnamed Chen who was smoking inside the van, accidentally igniting the gas he was transporting.

Police appeared to dismiss fears the crash could have been an attack in the heart of the Chinese financial hub.

The driver and two other people suffered serious injuries in the crash. The driver works for a Shanghai metals company and had no criminal record but was now under suspicion for transporting dangerous materials, police said. The minivan, registered in the southern province of Jiangxi, veered onto a sidewalk and burst into flames around 9 a.m. near People's Park, authorities said.

The vast city center plaza is also home to the headquarters of the Shanghai municipal government, which oversees a metropolis of almost 25 million people that is widely regarded as China's most cosmopolitan city.

The website of the local Xinmin Wanbao newspaper and other local news outlets said the van struck five to six people waiting for a light change at a busy pedestrian crossing. Videos on social media showed injured people lying on the pavement next to a Starbucks cafe and others pinned under the tires of the van. Firefighters were seen trying to put out a blaze inside the vehicle.

A cleaner surnamed Xu told The Associated Press she saw smoke coming out of the van as it drove down the street before veering out of control. "It couldn't stop, crashed into the corner and caught fire," said Xu, who works in a building across the street from the crash site. "Two men were trying to pull the passenger out of the car, but failed. Other people told them to stop. Then the police and ambulance arrived."

The Shanghai-based news outlet Pengpai, citing a witness, reported that the vehicle was carrying six people and several canisters of gas typically used for cooking and heating.

Police officers stood guard Friday afternoon outside the emergency room at the Changzheng Hospital in central Shanghai, where a nurse told The Associated Press the injured were receiving treatment.

A Shanghai-based Starbucks spokesman told the Reuters news agency the store wasn't damaged and its customers and employees were safe.